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I am an accomplished professional with over a decade of experience in Information Systems Audit, IS Governance, Application Controls and Security Review, Cyber Security, Compliance Reviews, Data Leakage Prevention, Vulnerability Management, Business Continuity Management, Project Management & Information Security Risk Management. My background spans diverse industry segments, including Banking, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, and Oil and Gas. I have worked with top-tier firms, including KPMG, PwC, and Ernst & Young, across multiple countries. Served as a Board Member in ISACA Karachi Chapter as Chair Academic Relations and Memberships. Proven skills in team building and management, stakeholders relationship management, leadership ability to achieve Information Security and Risk Management objectives.

I am a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years’ multi-faceted experience of financial and managerial accounting issues coupled with good understanding of business processes, systems design and controls. My professional journey is full of experiences of managing cross functional teams comprising professionals of various disciplines. Statutory audits and book keeping remained my bread and butter for the better part of my life. However, I have also been acquainted with internal audits, due diligence and internal controls review. Further, I am well versed with the business need analysis. This includes a rich hands-on experience of business requirements analysis for various ERP implementations. I also had the opportunity to lead designing of a bespoke mini ERP solution for a renowned oil transportation company of 2,000+ fleet. All praises to Allah, the ERP is now being run successfully! Being an empathetic listener I always find it easier to feel the pain areas of clients and I try hard to bring out easy yet pragmatic solutions for redressing them. Outside of work one can find me spending time on calligraphy, cooking, painting, creative thinking, reading, and writing.

A professional with 16 years of experience in Transformation, Optimization, Governance, Risk, Compliance and Technology. My experience as a member of Board of Directors and representations in Premier Professional Committees has led me to a distinguished professional rank. Successful Corporate Trainings, Public Speaking and Social Work supplements my Professional and Personal aspirations. I have successfully led internal audit transformation from conventional audit to leading internal audit practices in Banks as I believe in forward looking approach and value addition. I truly believe in team work and my definition for team is trust, empathy, acknowledgement and mentorship. My leadership style is to lead from front, delegate with responsibility, provide guidance, stock take frequently and most importantly own the results. I am a trainer. My passion for becoming a trainer started few years back and after becoming a certified trainer i have imparted trainings to hundreds of professionals on varing subjects such as emotional intelligence, leading practices in internal audit, anti money laundering, governance, risk and compliance, enterprise risk management and compliance risk management. I focus on tools and techniques as a trainer which help participants in practical implementation and this makes me a distinguished trainer. I have also worked as a consultant and being a consultant adds a unique skill set in my profile. I am mentor to many professionals and as a mentor I believe that more you share knowledge the more it increases. Being a consultant and a mentor makes me distinguished. As a member of various committees at ICAP i play my role for the professionals and serve the institute. Giving back to the community is close to my heart and for which i joined The Citizens Foundation to contribute for the community at a large. Chess is my favourite indoor game. Strategy formulation, check and power of pawn to transform into king makes this game interesting for me. Book reading inspires me, Khalid Hoseini, Stefen Covey, Dean and Manto are some of my favourite writers. Learning through traveling is one of my fundamental learning mode and for this road trips makes me happen this.

Results-driven professional offering a progressive, ten plus years career in information technology. Repeated success directing IT projects from inception to execution, strategically allocating resources and delegating tasks to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery. Expertly manage technical support operations, diligently troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence. Process improvement champion with a history of implementing new procedures and technologies to strengthen security posture, enhance operational efficiency and control costs.

Exceeding customer satisfaction by delivering quality product within timelines and budgets. Ensure smooth transition from legacy to SAP System through methodological approach of Organization Change Management. I am responsible for sustainable and resilient SAP operations by managing resources, region wide accounts and relationship with Customers, SAP and Business Partners. I am techno-functional expert with over a decade of experience in Program Management, Digital Strategy and Automation. Proven track record of complex projects successful delivery. I have lead Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP - SAP) implementation projects , Data warehouse, ETL, Dashboards, RPA and CRM related consultancy services engagements. Being head of SAP Operations & Digital Transformation, I am responsible for structuring the organization to maintain the optimum resource levels with clearly defined responsibility matrix, prepare strategies to achieve the defined targets, resources capacity building according to the market trends and provided guidelines by the principal. Ensure the standardization and harmonization among the deliveries. Involve in presales activities, write contracts and monitor overall progress of the practice. I always like to take challenges and address complex problems to prove my analytical thinking, leadership and technical skills. Academics 2007 – 2008 Advance Diploma in ERP (SAP) Victoria University. Melbourne, Australia. 2006-2007 Master of Information Technology Monash University. Melbourne, Australia. 2001-2004 Bachelor of Computer Engineering Sir Syed University of Engg. and Tech. Karachi, Pakistan. Certifications and Trainings • Google Analytics Certification • AWS Business Professional Certification • AWS Cloud Economies Certification • Big Data 101 Certification • RPA Implementation Methodology and Business Analyst Certifications • Oracle 9i SQL and Oracle 9i PL/SQL Certifications • PwC Leading Teams Training [24+ Hours of Training]

Experienced and self-motivated Manager bringing forth valuable career consultant with industry experience and a passion for management. Results oriented with a proven track record of working collaboratively with team members to achieve goals. Experienced in both communication and response levels, and adept at effectively managing all operations.

I began my career as a Software Engineer and am currently working as an Information Security Consultant. I have more than 3 years of expertise in this industry, and I have a thorough understanding of network security, intrusion prevention systems, intrusion detection systems, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability assessment, and many other security measures. I consider myself strong at: - Azure Sentinel workbooks, Analytics and overall logs hunting. - Adding data connectors in Azure Sentinel. - Cloud Security technologies. - Real-time threat detection by monitoring live systems. - Daily incidents are escalated to appropriate teams for resolution. - To create mechanisms for evaluating compromise indicators. - MTTR and MTTD dashboards evaluation and management. - Evaluation of the organization's network's end point detection and response (EDR). - Identify and assess potential threats and vulnerabilities to the organization. - Investigating security breaches to determine the source of the problem. - Keeping the company's incident response and disaster recovery systems up to date. - Ensure software is patched and able to protect from threats. - Make recommendations for mitigating identified risks. - Monitoring of live systems to discover real-time threats. - Demonstration of effectiveness of security controls. - Windows and Linux OS raw logs study to implement alerts. Technologies Used: Cortez XDR, Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Sentinel One, QRadar,Carbon Black, FortiGate, Forti Analyzer, Cloud flare , IBM Resilient, SIRP, FireEye ,Sophos, Web Security Appliance WSA, Kaspersky Security Center and Symantec End Point Protection, Cisco FMC, Cisco Stealthwatch & Active directory. Certifications: • CNSS • CEHv11 • Microsoft Certified Security Operations Analyst (SC - 200) • Microsoft Certified Security, Compliance and Identity • Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (AZ - 900)

Experienced Senior Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Software Development, ETL Development tools, Oracle Database, MS Databases, Big Data Analytics, and Reporting Tools. Strong consulting professional with a focus on working in Data Warehousing technologies and Software Development.